Poems for National Poetry Month!

Welcome to the National Poetry Month page for the NCTE/TYCA Community. Each day during National Poetry Month, April, a new poem, in either audio or video format, will be posted for your listening/viewing pleasure. Come back each day to see what new nugget we've made available. If you would like to submit a poem of your own for reading, please contact the webtender at bradb AT spokanefalls DOT edu.

April 21

Jared Leising of Cascadia Community College in Bothell, WA reads his poem "Iowa Postcards."

April 20

Allison Hedge Coke of the University of Nebraska reads her poem "Sorrel Red," recorded at The International Poetry Festival of Medellin, Colombia. Found in her Off-Season City Pipe.

April 19

Julie Platt of Michigan State University reads her poem "The Finwife is Dismissed" from her chapbook In the Kingdom of my Familiar.

April 18

Robyn Ferret of Cascadia Communtiy College in Bothell, WA reads her poem "Summerland," originally published in CrossCurrents, the WCCHA literary magazine.

April 17

Laura Read of Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane, WA reads her poem "Figgy Pudding."

April 16

Sharon Kennedy-Nolle of Iona College in New Rochelle, NY reads her poem "On the Passing of Nicholas Hughes."

April 15

Will Hochman of Southern Connecticut Unversity reads his poem "Tired of Writing."